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- Senior corporate and financial communications leadership role with a major energy group in Abu Dhabi
- Track record communicating financial results, deals and investments essential
- Outstanding bilingual writer – Arabic and English
- Reports to and works in tandem with the VP of Communications, leading a small team
Capstone Hill Search is seeking an outstanding Corporate & Financial Communications professional to join a major energy group in Abu Dhabi, reporting to and working in tandem with the Vice President of Communications for one of its key commercial businesses. This is a senior, hands-on role that owns the business's communications strategy and story, with a particular focus on corporate and financial communications, and leads a small team.
The ideal candidate will have built their career in corporate and financial communications, ideally combining in-house experience at a listed company with time at a leading financial communications consultancy. You'll be as comfortable explaining a set of results or a major acquisition to investors and media as you are counselling senior leaders when the stakes are high – and you'll write with authority in both Arabic and English.
Key Responsibilities:
· Shape and deliver the communications strategy and core storyline for the business, in step with group-wide priorities
· Own communications around financial performance, deals and investments, partnering closely with Finance and Investor Relations
· Counsel senior executives on positioning, reputation and emerging issues, and speak on behalf of the business when required
· Build relationships with regional and international media, and lead issues and crisis response
· Keep messaging consistent across business leadership, commercial teams, Investor Relations and group communications
· Plan and deliver campaigns and events with clear measures of success
· Oversee content across press, digital, social and internal channels
· Manage agencies, suppliers and the communications budget
· Build, coach and develop a small, high-performing team
You should have:
· A proven track record in financial communications – results announcements, transactions, acquisitions and investment news – ideally gained in a listed environment (essential)
· Outstanding writing and editing in both Arabic and English, with a gift for turning complex commercial material into clear, compelling copy (essential)
· A strong media relations background, with experience managing reputation through sensitive issues and crises
· Experience counselling C-suite leaders and working across multiple stakeholders in a complex organisation
· Experience managing and developing a team
· 12 or more years in corporate and financial communications
· Energy, oil and gas or commodities experience highly desirable, particularly in commercial or trading businesses
· Exposure to Asian markets, customer-facing communications or agency management an advantage
· Degree-qualified in communications, journalism, business or a related discipline
Personal Attributes:
· Natural storyteller with a precise, economical writing style
· Sound judgement and discretion around market-sensitive information
· Trusted adviser who can align senior stakeholders and drive decisions
· Steady under pressure
· Collaborative, hands-on leader
This is a unique opportunity to:
· Shape how one of the region's most significant energy businesses tells its commercial and financial story
· Work where financial markets, commercial strategy, media and senior leadership meet
· Partner closely with the VP of Communications while building and leading a high performing team
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